Recognised as Colour

#72491C

#72491C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#72491C is a orange with RGB values 114, 73, 28 and HSL 31°, 61%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#72491C

RGBrgb(114, 73, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.2863, 0.1098

RGB percentages44.7%, 28.6%, 11%

HSLhsl(31.4, 60.6%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(31.4, 75.4%, 44.7%)

CMYK0%, 36%, 75.4%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,489,820

CSS custom property--colour: #72491C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.82:1

Contrast with white7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#8DB6E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564C17no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#60561Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Tritanopia#7D403Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 15.8 Sienna · ΔE 18.7 Peru · ΔE 31.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 32.9 Maroon · ΔE 36.5 Brown · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 15.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1C4572

Analogous#721E1C, #70721C

Triadic#1C7249, #491C72

Split complementary#1C7072, #1E1C72

Tetradic#1C721E, #1C4572, #721C70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DFAF7B

Lighter +30%#D59752

Lighter +20%#C47D30

Lighter +10%#9B6326

Darker −10%#492F12

Darker −20%#201508

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#844A0A

Less saturated −25%#60482E

Channel breakdown

R114

G73

B28

Red114 (44.7%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue31.4°

Saturation (HSL)60.56%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 72 · G 49 · B 1C

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Colour harmonies

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